Mishawaka Common Council

Mishawaka Firefighters Local 360 will appoint two members of a five-member citizen board that handles personnel matters.

Mishawaka’s City Council voted Monday night to approve the expansion of the Downtown Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA), allowing people to drink outdoors.

The library has asked the St. Joseph County Council for approval to spend money from its Rainy Day Fund on the bookmobile and a garage to house it

Mishawaka Mayor Dave Wood says the project's economic benefits aren't worth the risks so close to a city wellfield in a growing part of the city

Mishawaka police will be some of the highest paid in the state in 2024. They will also work more hours in 12-hour shifts.

The Mishawaka Common Council approved plans for a proposed $38 million regional sports complex Monday. In the works since 2015, the Mishawaka Fieldhouse project will be built on Veterans Parkway just east of the Juday Creek Golf Course.

The Mishawaka Common Council unanimously approved the city’s 2023 budget Monday night. It’s just over $64 million, around 8.6 percent more than last year. Mayor Dave Wood said much of that cost increase is due to inflation.

With the opening of its new city hall, Mishawaka is selling its old downtown police station to Cressy and Everett Commercial Real Estate.

The Mishawaka Common Council approved a 5-year tax abatement Monday night supporting the redevelopment of an old hotel at the corner of Lincolnway East and Capital Avenue on the St. Joseph River into a new apartment complex, the Steelhead Apartments.